Sunday Night Carrots

Will pulled all the carrots up probably three weeks ago - maybe longer. And they've been in bags in the outside fridge, waiting for this day ever since. Carrots are forgiving that way. They keep.
He had this vision. Every now and then we go to Ninfa's (a Mexican restaurant), mainly because they have these fabulous ribs. But on every table is a little jar of carrots, pickled with jalepenos and not much else. But he really likes those carrots, and we were waiting until we had carrot-excess so he could pull off this little project.
Like any other pickled product, you really have to wait a couple of weeks before whatever it is soaks up the spices etc. and is ready to try...I don't know if we'll wait that long. And we haven't decided what to name these, so it's not label time yet. We like to get creative with the labeling, because that's part of the fun. They're kind of beautiful though, aren't they?
This would never have been accomplished had my sister not shown up to help with 'whatever it is we need help with today'. And she brought extra shoes and thought we'd be out in the field picking yesterday evening. But Will knows an opportunity when he sees one, and not many people are willing to help with a canning project. Very labor-intensive and it always drags on a little longer than you really have the energy for. She was glad not to be picking and he was glad to have an extra set of hands. She brought a really cool new-fangled vegetable peeler (and her own knives).
We took time out for crab cakes and sliced tomatoes.
It's always fun to set out the jars and, as you are going about your business (usually cleaning up because canning can be messy), you hear the jars sealing, one by one. 'Pop....pop...' that's the sound of the lids being sucked down onto the glass.